Jon Crimmins was attending a meeting at Deception Pass State Park Wednesday when he got a call that one of the Whidbey Island state parks he manages was being threatened by a brushfire.
The new manager of one of Whidbey Island’s iconic landmarks is looking for people who love lighthouses.
Firefighters from four different agencies worked together to prevent a 10-acre brushfire along a bluff at Fort Ebey State Park from threatening the forest and campgrounds Wednesday.
Twelve hours after dropping a pair of crab pots into Holmes Harbor, Dave Anderson is back on the water approaching a red-and-white buoy, anxious to see what’s been crawling along the sea bottom and into the traps he’s set.
A familiar storefront in historic downtown Oak Harbor has changed its name, shuffled ownership and brought in new inventory.
Spokane-based Red Lion Hotels Corporation announced Tuesday that Whidbey Coffee will be served in the lobbies of Red Lion Hotels and Red Lion Inn & Suites within the next two months.
Crabs aren’t finicky when it comes to taste. Doug Rollin of Oak Harbor has tried all sorts of different baits to try to catch Dungeness crabs in Puget Sound.
Georgie Smith pulls her truck up to a patch of land and surveys a field through her window.
Arthur Foley walked up to firefighters and other emergency services personnel wearing a cowboy hat, cowboy boots and a warm smile. He extended a hand, then gently wrapped each of the individuals in an embrace.
The three-day event paid tribute to the EA-6B Prowler and its retirement after 45 years of service in the U.S. Navy from its home base in Oak Harbor.
The months of May and June have produced little rainfall through Central and North Whidbey, which has reduced yields and left some dry land farmers that rely on rain such as Smith scrambling for creative ways to irrigate their crops.
Longtime residents of Whidbey Island are calling the weather this month the driest and most pleasant that they can remember. But the drought conditions are prompting a countywide burn ban, a call for fireworks common sense and in Oak Harbor, a call to start conserving water.
The winner of a $1 million Washington Lottery ticket purchased in Oak Harbor stepped forward this week.
William Johnson of Oak Harbor went to the state lottery’s regional office in Everett Wednesday to claim the grand prize for winning the June 2 Mega Millions game.
